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Today was the day to work on the front windows. I stripped the woodwork a while ago but never took the windows apart. Hmmm…I took the moldings off and got one of the windows out and I can see there is a bit more stripping to do. I’ll need new rope, also, for the pulleys that work the windows.

I can’t get the top window out because the parting bead is glued shut with paint on the outside. So, after this little break I’m taking here, I’ll be going outside with a razor blade and try and free it so I can get the windows out and shellac the part that shows on the inside.

This project is going to have to go in stages as I need to put everything back up, including the curtains, every day when I’m done. First I’ll do the two left windows, then I’ll work on the right windows. I’ll do the bigger middle window third because it doesn’t have to be taken apart and rope added. The middle one isn’t a double-hung window. After the windows, I’ll finish the woodwork around it.

It will be nice to be able to open these windows. The ropes are intact but not looking in very good condition. I may as well replace them. They’ve been glued shut since we bought the house and probably decades before that. There are storm windows on the outside but no screens. To open the windows, I’ll need to make some screens. That really isn’t that hard but it takes time.

It’s been awhile since I started a new project. Now that I’ve made a mess, I’ll have to finish it (or live with the mess which gets easier to do as the years go by.)